anything to honor the 26 victims from sandy hook elementary. >> felt kind of helpless at home. felt we needed to do something. >> reporter: this morning brings one step towards healing as students go back to class, but not sandy hook. police have indefinitely locked down the school while their investigation continues. the district is preparing a middle school in a neighboring town. >> i'm not sure we will ever get back to normal. whatever we can do to head that way, we want to start doing that. >> reporter: today also marks another round of grief as families continue to bury their loved ones. among the services today, a viewing for vicky soto, the teacher who died shielding her students. >> what do you say to this family? it's extremely difficult. >> reporter: investigators confirm the shooter had visited multiple gun ranges ahead of the massacre. they say he went with his mother, the first victim of his rampage and legal owner of the guns. police have also obtained a broken computer found in his mother's home. but determining the motive may still be tedious. >> we will do ever